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78.98Apply it to “The Bare Necessities”

For a playful jazzier section:

keep the melody clear.

Under held/repeated notes, move inner voices chromatically.

For a comic “dark” moment:

major upper voice can descend by semitone into minor/borrowed color.

Then resolve with very simple bright voicing.

Again, small inner movement can create large character changes.